SCP problem -

[Reindl Harald]

Am 24.11.2012 21:19, schrieb Bob Goodwin - Zuni:
> 
>    Is there something wrong with this command?
> 
>        [root at box9 simple]# scp -r  bobg at box8:/home/bobg/
>        /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU
> 
>    I would like to copy the contents [roughly 44G per du -h] of
>    /home/bobg/ on box8 to an external USB 500G hard drive. The problem
>    is that it appears to be trying to keep recopying the files until
>    the 500 gigs is reached. I let it run until the end yesterday and it
>    quit protesting it had run out of space.

maybe some bug because /run/ is tmpfs

GENERALLY: use a trailing slash for scp/rsync if you mean folders
/run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU/

if would use rsync instead of scp for many reasons
rsync -ztPrlHpogEAX  bobg at box8:/home/bobg/ /run/media/bobg/Simple/Box8BkU/




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